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1	6 Oct 1792 (Bond only), John Vaughn, Charlotte Co., VA 16 Oct 1794, John Vaughn, Halifax Co., VA	Family: F84
2	# * Source, "Marriage Records Index, Garland Co, Arkansas" pg 148: Houpt, Margaret Aleene, 22- Lingle, D A, 26, white, Jul 3, 1932, Book 36, page 524.	Family: F1441
3	County Court Records, Film # 1306059 - 1306062.	Family: F211
4	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F313
5	Groom's Name: J. A. Ward Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Laura Mitcham Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1874 Marriage Place: , Navarro, Texas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59265-1 System Origin: Texas-VR Source Film Number: 1034858 Reference Number: 2:ZF0NJD	Family: F1595
6	Groom's Name: Patrick Flaherty Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Bridgett Mcnamara Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 01 Jan 1873 Marriage Place: Webster Co., Iowa Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Unknown Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Single Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02589-2 System Origin: Iowa-EASy Source Film Number: 1401651 Reference Number: 4	Family: F4570
7	Groom's Name: Jules J. Kelt Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Willie P. Edwards Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1885 Marriage Place: Navarro, Texas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M73475-8 System Origin: Texas-EASy Source Film Number: 1034859 Reference Number:	Family: F394
8	Groom's Name: G. W. Ragan Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Docia Herndon Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 14 May 1896 Marriage Place: , Hill, Texas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59211-4 System Origin: Texas-VR Source Film Number: 985127 Reference Number: 2:NDC988	Family: F208
9	Groom's Name: Sam Glasgow Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Callie Turley Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 30 Nov 1909 Marriage Place: Navarro, Texas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Single Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75267-4 System Origin: Texas-EASy Source Film Number: 1034864 Reference Number: p 104 Collection: Texas Marriages, 1837-1973	Family: F2939
10	Groom's Name: Vasser Gorman Groom's Birth Date: 1885 Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: 31 Bride's Name: Birdie Gorman Bride's Birth Date: 1898 Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: 18 Marriage Date: 13 Feb 1916 Marriage Place: , Bradley, Arkansas Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M73393-8 System Origin: Arkansas-EASy Source Film Number: 981967 Reference Number: Collection: Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944	Family: F187
11	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F1364
12	In 1814 Stephen is the surety on the marriage bond for Jacob Poff and Elizabeth Chappell	Family: F30
13	INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS ERATH COUNTY TX 1896-1908 Microfilm #1026024 Volume #1 http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/erath/vitals/marriages/erathmarrb.txt	Family: F979
14	Limestone County Marriage Book D6	Family: F1747
15	Marriage Notes for SUSANNAH TUCK and THOMAS MALONE: Rev. Thomas Dobson married Susannah and Thomas; David Powell, surety	Family: F290
16	MARRIAGE RECORDS OF UNION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI	Family: F2286
17	Marriages of Charlotte Co, VA 1764-1815 Pg 28	Family: F3227
18	Married by Riab Stokely, the justice of the peace	Family: F11
19	Navarro County Marriage Records Vol. 1 1847-1881	Family: F2195
20	North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Source Vendor: County Court Records - FHL # 0518428 Source: County Court Records at Wentworth, NC & Family His	Family: F35
21	Saline Co Marr Record Bk N pg 576.	Family: F1339
22	Sep 10 1884	Family: F2221
23	Source Vendor: County Court Records - FHL # 0518428	Family: F35
24	Source, "Marriage Records Index, Garland Co, Arkansas" pg 148: Houpt, E P, 20- Funk, Bertha, 18, white, Jan 27, 1907, Book M, page 345. Married at bride's parents home by Rev J W McDonald.	Family: F1331
25	Source, "Marriage Records Index, Garland Co, Arkansas" pg 148: Houpt, Verna, 20- Kizziar, Mitchel, 21, white, Dec 8, 1923, Book 28, page 578.	Family: F1171
26	Source: Emmet Starr, E Starr, 317, 407	Family: F2685
27	Vol 5, page 326 of Marriage Book, Navarro Co Courthouse records	Family: F936
28	Children of William Cranford and Sidie Tubb are: .........IV. William Madison Cranford, b. 1849, MS; d. November 30, 1907. .........V. Tandy Walker Cranford, b. 1850, MS; d. Unknown. .........VI Thomas Peter Cranford, b. 1852, MS; d. June 05, 1915. .........VII. Mary Cranford, b. 1853, MS; d. August 28, 1927. .........VIII. Jeremiah Leggett Cranford, b. June 13, 1854; d. March 30, 1915. .........VIIII Emily Cranford, b. June 26, 1858, MS; d. August 24, 1918. .........X. Charles Edwin Cranford, b. August 08, 1861, MS; d. April 13, 1926.
29	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living
30	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32869950
31	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38858269
32	Mrs. E. E. Hendrix Shower Hostess For Bride-Elect A miscellaneous shower was given Tuesday evening by Mrs. E. E. Hendrix. 619 South Tyler honoring Miss Gwendolyn Wilkens. bride-elect of R. Felix Hendrix Jr. The couple will be married Oct. 12 at the First Baptist Church. Blue and rose, the colors of the bride-elect, were used in decorating the living and dining rooms. Games were played on a reading given by Mrs. Erwin Hendrix. Attending were the honoree and her mother, Mrs. John Wilkens, Mrs. R. F. Hendrix, Miss Geraldine Hendrix, Mrs. F. P. Cunningham, Mrs. B. T. Pettit Jr., Mrs. A. L. McCallum, Miss Jean McCallum, Mrs. W. Frank Dyer, Miss Dorothy Nell Dyer, Mrs. W. H. Dwyer, Miss Bettye Dwyer, Mrs. E. G. Wendell, Miss Mary Jane Tannehill, Mrs. P. L. Sternenberg. Miss Gladys Ann Sternenberg. Mrs. S. E. Ward. Miss Sammielu Ward, Miss Betty Jane Ward. Mrs. J. W. Adams. Miss Bonnie Jean Adams. Mrs. T. E. Long, Miss Jane Long. Mrs. M. W. Wade, Mrs. J. P. Campbell, Mrs. Erwin Hendrix. Mrs. R. L. Woods, Mrs. E. E. Atchley, Mrs. Bascom Atchley, Mrs. J. L. Williams, Mrs. W. L. Maier, Mrs. Ralph Barnett, Miss Gladys McDaniel. Mrs. F. M. Tye, Mrs. W. W. Russell, Mrs. G. W. Potts, Mrs. J. H. Johnson, Mrs. P. M. Clauser. Mrs. E. L. Castle. Mrs. Jack Steele and Mrs. V.W. Johnson. Dallas Morning News 1940-10-02
33	Mrs. Ellis Cranford, of Jasper; und Miss Mary Anna Greer. of Wes Blocton. are the attractive guests of their sister, Mrs. T. F. Huey. Anniston Star, The 12-06-1917
34	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living
35	Name: Annie Marion Glasco Death Date: 27 Jun 1923 Death Place: Powell, Navarro, Texas Gender: Female Race: w Death Age: 19 days Estimated Birth Date: Birth Date: 08 Jun 1923 Birthplace: Texas Marital Status: Single Spouse's Name: Father's Name: O. P. Glasco Father's Birthplace: Texas Mother's Name: Gladys Brown Mother's Birthplace: Texas Occupation: Place of Residence: Cemetery: Bassett Cem. Burial Place: Burial Date: 28 Jun 1923 Additional Relatives: X Film Number: 2074871 Digital Film Number: 4167201 Image Number: 131 Reference Number: cn 20355 Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
36	Name: Blanch Juanita Glasgow Gender: Female Baptism/Christening Date: Baptism/Christening Place: Birth Date: 16 Oct 1926 Birthplace: , Navarro, Texas Death Date: Name Note: Race: White Father's Name: Oney Purbey Glasgow Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Gladys Annie Brown Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00681-3 System Origin: Texas-EASy Source Film Number: 1516373 Reference Number: Vol 4, Page 172 Collection: Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981
37	Name: Edwards Death Date: 25 May 1920 Death Place: Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas Gender: Female Race: white Death Age: 1 day Estimated Birth Date: Birth Date: 25 May 1920 Birthplace: Ft. Worth Marital Status: Single Spouse's Name: Father's Name: C. O. Edwards Father's Birthplace: Texas Mother's Name: Mollie Cluldress Mother's Birthplace: Texas Occupation: Place of Residence: Cemetery: Burial Place: Benbrook Burial Date: 25 May 1920 Additional Relatives: Film Number: 2073788 Digital Film Number: 4169106 Image Number: 1570 Reference Number: cn 17924 .
38	Name: Lynn Ellia Belcher Death Date: 02 May 1936 Death Place: Precinct 2, Pilot Point, Denton, Texas Gender: Male Race: white Death Age: 51 years 8 months 23 days Estimated Birth Date: Birth Date: 09 Aug 1884 Birthplace: Lee Co, Virginia Marital Status: Widowed Spouse's Name: Allie E. Davis Father's Name: E. W. Belcher Father's Birthplace: W. Va. Mother's Name: Nannie Qurrey Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Farming Place of Residence: Cemetery: Burial Place: Sanger Burial Date: 03 May 1936 Additional Relatives: X Film Number: 2116935 Digital Film Number: 4166731 Image Number: 228 Reference Number: cn 25215 Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
39	Possibly same person as Robert Samuel Nance....research needed Name: Samuel C Nance Titles: Residence: Justice Precinct 4 (all east of North Bosque & north of Flat Rock Chalk Bluff Rd.), McLennan, Texas Birth Date: Nov 1897 Birthplace: Texas Relationship to Head-of-Household: Son Spouse Name: Spouse Titles: Spouse Birth Place: Father Name: James T Nance Father Titles: Father Birthplace: Texas Mother Name: Melinda E Nance Mother Titles: Mother Birthplace: Texas Race or Color (expanded): White Head-of-household Name: James T Nance Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Years Married: Estimated Marriage Year: Mother How Many Children: Number Living Children: Immigration Year: Enumeration District: 0085 Sheet Number and Letter: 12A Household ID: 209 Reference Number: 40 GSU Film Number: 1241658 Image Number: 00090 Collection: United States Census, 1900
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41	UNVERIFIED...use with caution ----- Original Message ---- From: Tim C To: vaughanpioneers Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2008 1:15:55 PM Subject: [Vaughanpioneers] George Washington Vaughn - Mary J Brown Hello Cousins, I ran into a family file on ancestry.com that had some lineage for Mary J Brown. I have never seen this info...but hoping someone can verify? This is what I found....again. ,,,this isn't my research.... just located online...hoping to verify. ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Ancestors of: Mary Jane Brown 1st Generation 1. Mary Jane Brown was born on May 22, 1818 in Roane, TN and died on Jan. 30, 1901 in Tishomingo Co., MS. Other events in the life of Mary Jane Brown Burial Vaughn Cemetery Tishomingo Co., MS Highway 4, Dennis, MS Father: 2. John Brown was born on Sep. 15, 1779 in Dobbs, North Carolina and died on Sep. 10, 1846 in Roane, TN. Mother: 3. Mary Moore Allison was born on Feb. 1, 1774 and died on Oct. 13, 1827 in Roane, TN. 2nd Generation (Parents) 2. John Brown was born on Sep. 15, 1779 in Dobbs, North Carolina and died on Sep. 10, 1846 in Roane, TN.He marrieMda ry Moore Allison. 3. Mary Moore Allison was born on Feb. 1, 1774 and died on Oct. 13, 1827 in Roane, TN. Father: 4. Robert Allison was born in 1753 in Meckelsburg, VA and died in 1807 in Greene Co., TN. Mother: 5. Jane Moore was born on Jan. 27, 1753 in St Stephen's Parish, Westmorland, VA and died in 1807. 3rd Generation (Grandparents) 4. Robert Allison was born in 1753 in Meckelsburg, VA and died in 1807 in Greene Co., TN.He marriedJ ane Moore. Father: 6. Thomas Allison was born in 1731 in Philadelphia, PA and died in 1763. Mother: 7. Susan Howard was born in 1733 in Roane, TN and died in 1813 in Logan, Kentucky. 5. Jane Moore was born on Jan. 27, 1753 in St Stephen's Parish, Westmorland, VA and died in 1807. 4th Generation (Great-grandparents ) 6. Thomas Allison was born in 1731 in Philadelphia, PA and died in 1763.He marriedS usan Howard. Father: 8. Robert Allison was born in 1705 in Roane, TN and died on an unknown date. 7. Susan Howard was born in 1733 in Roane, TN and died in 1813 in Logan, Kentucky. Father: 9. Samuel Howard was born in 1707 in Roane, TN and died on an unknown date. 5th Generation (Great(2)-grandpare nts) 8. Robert Allison was born in 1705 in Roane, TN and died on an unknown date.He married (Unknown). 9. Samuel Howard was born in 1707 in Roane, TN and died on an unknown date.He married (Unknown
42	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58965718	Addie Mae
43	Notes for RICHARD MARTIN: Orange Co, VA tithables list: Richard Martin, 1758, 1 tithable Richard Martin, 1763, 2 tithables Orange Co Deed Book 13, page 506-508: 11-29-1764: Richard Martin and Anthorite, his wife, sell 200 acres to John Long, from a patent granted 9-10-1755 to Richard. Richard and Anthorite left Caswell Co VA about 1764, settled at Orange Co NC. In 1777 Caswell Co NC was created. Notes for ANTHORITE: Caswell Co NC: Deed Book D, page 332, no. 974: to Anthorite Martin, 450 acres on both sides of Benegar Creek, adjoining Joshua Bush, 8-18-1787. Deed Book H., page 276: Anthorite Martin of Caswell Co NC to Richard Martin of the same, 8-18-1787 Deed Book M: page 218: Anthorite Martin to Richard Martin, 11-6-1801 Deed Book M: page 323: Anthorite Martin to Richard Martin 11-25-1801	Anthorite
44	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68709603	Beverly
45	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71808359	Blanche M
46	STONE, J.—Charles D. Bush died in 1853, leaving a will which was probated after his death. He appointed Selina Bush, his wife, executrix, and Seaborn J. Dubose executor of his will. Mrs. Bush entered upon the execution of the trust, but whether Dubose acted is not shown. At his death Mr. Bush owned lands, and probably personal estate. He left three children. After providing for the payment of debts, testator directed that his estate, real and personal, remain in the hands of his wife " to rear and educate his three children, and to remain hers during her life-time or widowhood." lu case of the marriage of Mrs. Bush, the will directed testators estate, real and personal, to be sold, and [the proceeds] " equally divided between her and the three children." No other clause of the will need be noticed here. In 1862 Mrs. Bush intermarried with Glover, who, by virtue of his marriage, became executor with her of the will. Soon afterwards they petitioned for, and obtained an order of the probate court, to sell the lands for division. They sold, and the executrix, Mrs. Glover, became the purchaser. She gave no notes, and did not pay the purchase-money. Nevertheless, they reported the sale to the probate court, and it was confirmed. No report of payment of the purchase-money, and no order to make title were ever made, and no conveyance of the lands to Mrs. Glover was ever executed. In 1873 Mrs. Glover, by her individual deed, in which her husband did not join, conveyed the lands to her three children by Bush, her former husband. Subsequently, and before this suit was brought, the three children sold their several interests in the lands in controvery, and Watson, the defendant in this suit, became the owner thereof. In 1873, Glover and wife resigned the execuorship of Bush's will, their resignation was accepted, but they have made no final settlement of their administration. How their executorial accounts stand, is not shown. In 1882, and at the instance of Glover, Martin was appointed administrator de bonis non of the estate of Bush cum ttstatamento annexo, and immediately instituted this statutory real action for the recovery of the lands. The court gave the general charge in favor of the plaintiff, at his written request, which was excepted to ; and there were verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. It was proven and admitted that Bush's estate owed no debts, when Martin was appointed administrator. We can not assent to the argument of counsel, that the power of sale expressed in Mr. Bush's will, is a mere personal trust, to be executed only by the executors. It is a general power, unattended by any discretionary power, or evidences of personal confidence. Such power, under our statute, may be exercised by the administrator de bonis non.—Code of 1876, §2218; Coleman v. Camp, 36 Ala. 159; Re parte Dickson, 64- Ala. 188; Mitchell v. Spence, 62 Ala. 450. It is very clear that the title to the lands in controversy has not been devested out of the estate of Mr. Bush, by any proceedings shown in this record. It requires a conveyance to devest title, and none was made in this case. If there had been a necessity for an order of sale (there was not), then, to devest title, there must have been, not only a sale, reported and confirmed, but report that the purchase-money was paid, order to make title, and title actually made.—Ketchum v. Creagh, 53 Ala. 224; Wallace v. Nickolg, 56 Ala. 321 ; McVully v. Chap-man, 58 Ala. 325; Calltoun v. Fletcher, 63 Ala. 574. There is, however, another defect in the defense offered, which renders it entirely unavailing at law. Under the will, as affected by the marriage of Mrs. Bush, the children did not take the land, as land. It was directed to be sold, and the proceeds divided equally between the widow and her three children. This converted the realty into personalty, and required the services of a personal representative for its administration.—Hempflitt v. Moody, 64 Ala. 468. We need not and do not say, that the legatees under Mr. Bush's will, all being adults, could not have agreed together, and divided the lands and other property, without a sale. They are not shown to have done so. The deed of Mrs. Glover, not joined in by her husband, is a nullity. If Watson is the real owner of the shares of the several children, then, on proper application and showing, he should be allowed to take their places, and to receive their legacies. And if Mrs. Glover is indebted to the estate, or if the estate is [graphic][ocr errors] [Rouse & Smith v. Martin & Flowers.] indebted to her, this should be considered in settlement and distribution. We say distribution ; for the estate must be distributed entirely as personalty. If, however, Mrs. Glover has already received her full share of the estate, then there is no occasion for a sale or division of the lands, as Watson appears to own all the remaining interests. But a court of law can not determine these questions.— Owens v. Childs, 58 Ala. 113. The judgment of the circuit court must be affirmed. Rouse <& Smith v. Martin «& Flowers. Sill in Equity to enjoin Erection of Nuisance. 1. Xiiixancei ; jurisdiction of court of equity to restrain.—The jurisdiction of a court of equity to restrain nuisances rests on the imperative necessity of preventing irreparable injury ami a multiplicity of suits at law, and should be cautiously and sparingly exercised. Hence, an injunction against a private nuisance will not be granted on account of a trifling discomfort or inconvenience suffered by the party complaining, but only where there is a strong and mischievous case of pressing necessity. 2. Same ; each case decided upon its own particular facts,—Where it is sought to restrain by injunction the prosecution of a business or vocation which is lawful in itself, on the ground that it is obnoxious to the health, comfort or convenience of the neighborhood, by reason of disagreeable noises, offensive odors, noxious gases and the like, no general rule can be laid down sufficiently specific and certain to apply to all cases; but each case must be decided upon its own particular facts, the whole question being one largely of degree, to be determined in tbe light of human experience. 3. Same ; ichen court of equity will not enjoin.—Where an injunction is sought to restrain tbe construction of works which are of such a nature that it is impossible for the court to know, until they are completed and in operation, whether they will or will not constitute a nuisance, the writ will be refused in the first instance. The mere fact of the diminution in the value of complainant's property, or the increased risks of fire, occasioned by the erection of such works upon an adjoining lot. in a town or city, without more, is not sufficient ground for equitable relief. 4. Same; when court of equity will not enjoin erection of fleam ginhouse.—(iinning cotton being a useful business, common to the country, and not necessarily a nuisance, a court of equity will not interfere by injunction to restrain the erection of a building with machinery for ginning cotton by steam, on a lot in a city about eighty-eight feet from the complainant's residence, and separated from it by a public street, when the injury sought to be prevented is merely anticipated, is greatly a matterof speculation, and it is not clearly shown that it is not reasonably possible for the business to be conducted so as not to be a nuisance. Appeal from Butler Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Jno. A. Foster. SOURCE: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 75 By Alabama. Supreme Court	Charles Dennis Bush
47	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living
48	Name: Dixie Lee Rutherford Titles: Gender: Female Marital status: Death date: 16 Jan 1994 Death county: Cameron Death place: Cameron, Texas, United States Collection: Texas Death Index 1964-1998	Dixie Lee
49	Notes for ELIZABETH: She received a widow's pension #128, 908, 137, 075	Elizabeth
50	Anthony and Elizabeth Barnes had at one point become embroiled in court cases involving charges of witchcraft. In the year 1698 one Grace Sherwood of Princess Anne County was accused of witchcraft. She was a somewhat notorious character who was said to be beautiful, independent and inclined to be flirtatious with other women’s husbands. Also she supposedly danced naked in the moonlight and wore men's clothing when she chose to do so. Witchcraft was a hot topic in the 17th century, both in Europe and America, and especially in New England. However, the Virginia colony had opted for a more reasonable approach to the issue and in Lower Norfolk County (this was prior to the establishment of Princess Anne County in 1691) a court ruled in 1655 that persons who raised such accusations and could not prove the issue upon oath and by sufficient witnesses, should be liable to pay the accused one thousand pounds of tobacco and be liable to further Censure of the Court. Anthony and Elizabeth Barnes were among the people who accused this woman of witchcraft, and Grace retaliated by suing for slander. Elizabeth charged that “the said Grace came to her one night and rid her and went out of the keyhole or crack of the door like a Black Cat," but this was one of only two cases where Grace Sherwood did not prevail. In the year 1706 Elizabeth Barnes became embroiled in this issue again. This case seems to have been started in December of 1705 when Grace Sherwood brought suit against one Luke Hill for assault and battery. Early in 1706 Luke Hill and his wife accused Grace of witchcraft. During the subsequent court proceedings a jury of twelve women was convened to examine her body for marks on her body thought to be characteristic of witches. Elizabeth Barnes was the forewoman of the jury. The jury found "two things like titts with several spots." How this case was resolved is not completely known because some of the court proceedings are now missing from the records but apparently Grace at one point had to submit to a trial of ducking to see if she would float when her arms and legs were bound. It was thought that witches would float and not drown. Precautions were ordered by the court to be taken to prevent her from drowning in the event that she did not float. Grace’s will was proven in 1740, so it can be presumed that she survived all of these trials. AUDIO http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6400850	Elizabeth